Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-13
IRISH CORRESPONDENCE.

The Baltimore Sun has special
correspondent in Ireland, from whom
we may expect an impartial view of
the state of affairs in that unhappy
and agitated country. The great
trouble with the generality of such
correspondence is, that isolated facts
and assertions are given the same
force and bearing as are well attest
ed accounts; and that imp essions
are made more by popular feeling
than by the truth and justice which
the cause demands. One rumor
says that the Irish farmers pride
themselves upon their large bank
accounts; and this is explained by
their desire to give their marriage
able daughters large outfit, and
the outfit is put down at cou and
a pig! The correspondent had seen
his first " Irish bull" and he wrote
it down at once as whole drove OF
cattle. An Irish farmers bank ac-
count is larger at EOS than an Amer.
lean farmers at $1,000. We clip
the following from the SUMS cores.
pondence;-
Archbishop Walsh said while it
was not to be questioned that III
some portions Of Ireland there had
been improvement in the condition
of the farmers, in others it had not
been the case, and the utter destitu.
ton and misery was painful. In the
progress of the discussion in the
club it was said by one of the gen.
tlemen that he had met in the poor.
er parishes old men and woman OF
20 years or more who had never
tasted meat in their lives. and there
were whole families who never
thought of living OH anything but
potatoes.
In the matter of the evictions
which the Archbishop asks to he
stopped, the fact seems appalling
that for the three months ended on
the second OF July, 9,140 persons
have been evicted.
What strikes the American trave
Ter with much force is the honesty
which seems to be all-prevalent. Ii
the hotels of Ireland no one ever
thinks of locking a room. You cal
be gone from morning to night will
your doors open, your trunks IN
locked, yOur clothes and valuables
spread all around, and have the
assurance when you return that moi
a scrap of paper will be displaced.
A gentleman who has Travelled
over all of Ireland, in speaking of the
poverty among the farmers, said il
some of the bleak portions of the
county of Mayo and othe: sections, q
reduction of rents would do no good
that the farmers there could not
pay any rent that they used to pay
it by going over to England and
working in harvest time in that
country, but that agriculture IN
England was now almost as much
depressed as it was in Ireland, and
these lived on the aid that came
from America. "God help them,'
he said, sand thousands of other
poor farmers when money ceased te
come from America, as he supposed
it inevitably must some day."
Dublin, with not twO-thirds of the
population of Baltimore, has twice
as many policemen ; it has its full
share of the $4,000 constabulary
who help to keep the peace in Ire
land, and it is garrisoned by not
less than 1000 regular troops. oil
about one third of the entire q. S
army. This gives an idea of the
precautions taken by England tc
n aintain tranquility in Ireland, and
it gives one very good idea of how
hopeless would be any attempt al
fOrcible resistance in Ireland.
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